212 F-150 -- No crank/ No start

[huntnphool]

Just be glad you don't own a vehicle with this BS under it! Remove the engine or tranny to replace the starter? 

 What is that in?

 I have one that requires engine removal as well

I'm not really sure, a mechanic buddy sent me it

 You need to ask him and report back, so none of us ever buy one!

[LDennis24]

Don't worry, we can't afford it. I guess it's a Porsche Panamera!

[Angry Perch]

My boss had a 911 and the battery died. Had to hook it up through a jumper port just to open the door! 

BTW LDennis, you nailed it with the starter on the F-150.

[LDennis24]

  

Fords have some weird and stupid wiring issues sometimes. I had a problem with my Excursion where it was just firing up the starter while I i was running down the road and sometimes while it was parked. It burned up the first one flying down the highway when it engaged and then I got a new one and was working on it with the terminals disconnected and I just pushed the terminals back on and fired it up to test it out and it ran just fine. Stood there talking to my dad for 5 minutes while it ran and the new starter suddenly engaged again! I quickly pulled the wire off the battery while he shut it off before it burned up the new one. I went through the whole system and replaced everything but the cables. On my other Ford pickup I kept having the battery drain down at night. We'll the third brake light in the center rear of your cab or hatchback is oddly connected to somewhere things with voltage issues and draw issues and short issues and long issues and and and and.... I looked outside one night and my pickup brake lights came on and off after a few seconds. I looked around the room and realized my wife was in the kitchen so I ran through the kitchen with a pistol and my wife is like "Whats going on!" As I yell someone's stealing the pickup! I ran outside and across my gravel lot as the lights came on again and I just threw the pistol up into the window only to realize, nobody was there.... what the eff!? Apparently if your third brake light gets wet it will short and cause your brake lights to come on and somehow it's tied to other wiring somewhere as I even pulled the fuse and they STILL kept coming on and off. I found out my third brake light had a crack and was full of water. How stupid, remember back when vehicles had like 5 major parts... just 5 or so, no stupid sensors and giant wire bundles. Just a few wires to run 12 volts to stuff and that's it. I was born in 1984 but I still worked on stuff with my dad and it was so simple. 

[huntnphool]

Don't worry, we can't afford it. I guess it's a Porsche Panamera!

 

[LDennis24]

Don't worry, we can't afford it. I guess it's a Porsche Panamera!

 

I actually see plenty of them going for pretty cheap.